You can easily find the El Ingenio shopping centre if you take the exit at km 272 of the A7/E15, Autovia del Mediterraneo.

Free parking is plentiful, beneath large sails which offer shade from the heat of the sun.

There is a good selection of shops spread over two floors including Zara,  Pull and Bear, Primor, Calzados (for shoes) Dunnes (the Irish equivalent of Marks and Spencer), Casa, C & A and Bookworld (an English bookshop), plus many more.  There is also a choice of mobile telephone shops as well as travel agents and a large supermarket – Eroski.

On the upper floor is the Plaza de Restauracion where you can sample any one of a selection of bars and restaurants, before going to see a film at the multi-screen cinema.  A few years ago there was always an original version of a current popular film, but these days the films all appear to be dubbed into Spanish.  That´s a pity, as it usually means that if we want to see a VSOE film we have to travel to Plaza Mayor, near to the airport in Málaga.

Opening hours of the El Ingenio centre are 10am -10pm,  Monday to Saturday – closed Sunday.

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